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The US Army has made six hundred contributions to a list of ethnic slurs:

http://wikiwho.ailef.tech/page/11014515

They appear as “PEO STAMIS” here, which appears to be an IT group?

When I think about it, a lot of ethnic slurs that were introduced to me were in a context that was militarily adjacent.

I suppose that makes sense considering most conflicts involve groups who (accurately or not) wouldn't consider their enemies members of their own race.

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